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Peace, Love, Music

Peace, Love, Music from directly overhead

Peace, Love, Music is an artwork in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 67 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the south-southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is The "Something Is Being Done" Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway runs past it.

The phrase “peace, love, music” bubbled up out of the pop music culture of the 1960’s and 1970’s and expressed a hopeful attitude that reflected the feelings and aspirations the era

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.44910, -71.22915

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Emery Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lexington Battle Green: 0.1 mi
  • Belfry Hill Park: 0.1 mi
  • Fletcher Park: 0.4 mi
  • Center Recreation Complex: 0.4 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Gardens
  • Idylwilde Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 2.6 mi
  • The Kindness Rocks Project: 3.7 mi
  • Bedford Garden Club: 3.9 mi
  • Bedford Garden Club: 3.9 mi
Attractions
  • Bowman Tavern: 1.7 mi
  • vernal pool: 2.0 mi
  • Paul Revere Capture Site: 2.6 mi
  • Bloody Angle: 3.5 mi
  • RR Semaphore: 4.2 mi
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Baby Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 25
  • Picnic Site 1: 3.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 4.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 4.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 4.3 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 4.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 10.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.2 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 24.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Rock Falls: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Peace, Love, Music. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSSW 197°135 m4.4 mi
Little ProspectSSW 197°133 m4.6 mi
Whipple HillESE 102°110 m2.4 mi
Loring HillSSW 208°109 m0.8 mi
Granny HillENE 64°108 m0.5 mi
Zion HillE 81°107 m2.6 mi
Turkey HillESE 112°107 m3.1 mi
Pine HillW 261°106 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4420:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12994949734

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